Title How much is enough? : shaping the defense program, 1961-1969 / Alain C. Enthoven, K. Wayne Smith.

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Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2005.

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Edition	New ed.
Description	1 online resource (xxi, 366 pages)
	data file rda
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-348) and index.
Contents	Unfinished business, 1961 -- New concepts and new tools to shape the defense program -- Why independent analysts? -- NATO strategy and forces -- Nuclear strategy and forces -- Yardsticks of sufficiency -- Three controversial program decisions -- Some problems in wartime defense management -- Unfinished business, 1969.
Summary	Originally published in 1971, and now published with a new foreword, this is a book of enduring value and lasting relevance. The authors detail the application, history, and controversies surrounding the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), used to evaluate military needs and to choose among alternatives for meeting those needs.
Language	English.
Subject	United States. Department of Defense -- History -- 20th century.
	United States. Department of Defense. (OCoLC)fst01852447
	USA -- Verteidigungsministerium.
	Military planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Management -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Cost control -- History -- 20th century.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- General.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
	Armed Forces -- Cost control. (OCoLC)fst01351758
	Armed Forces -- Management. (OCoLC)fst00814609
	Military planning. (OCoLC)fst01021370
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Militärpolitik.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1961-1969
	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Smith, K. Wayne.
Other Form:	Print version: Enthoven, Alain C., 1930- How much is enough? New ed. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2005 9780833038265 (DLC) 2005018910 (OCoLC)60835386

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